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A Friendly Letter: Intro to the Blog

Dear Friend, Welcome to the online edition of A Friendly Letter. In addition to back issues, there are some new reports as well. The major new report is about two multi-million dollar financial frauds, perpetrated on Quakers and other churches. Another new addition is a personal tribute to Bill Kriedler, a very fine Quaker minister … Continue reading A Friendly Letter: Intro to the Blog →

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Rogues and Heroes — Photos from the 1998 Quaker Fraud Scandals

Photos from Wichita and the Trial click on an image to see a larger picture

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February 24, 1998: Deters Trial Opens in Wichita

by Chuck Fager Wichita, Kansas — Priscilla Deters, 63, of Walnut, California went on trial here Tuesday on 13 counts of wire and mail fraud, in connections with investment programs run by her company, Productions Plus.

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Jackson Bailey’s Masterpieces: Studies in the Art of Obsession

click on an image to see a larger picture   Jackson Bailey, the artist behind the largest painting of the largest Life of Christ in the world. “Priscilla always treated me all right. I can’t speak for the rest of the world.”

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February 25, 1998: Cherokee Quaker Church Money Used for “Ponzi” Fraud Scheme–Kansas Investigator

Update by Chuck Fager Wichita, Kansas — Part of the more than $400,000 collected by the Cherokee Friends Church, intended for investment in a profitable business, was instead used to pay back a Quaker College in Kansas as part of a “Ponzi” fraud scheme, a Kansas jury was told today.

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